While we don’t know final All-Star Game fan voting totals yet, it’s a time-honored tradition to argue about which players deserve inclusion.

The actual All-Star rosters will be announced on July 7 on TBS. Here are the N.L. players who should fill out the 34-man roster—ignoring injuries and which pitchers will be unavailable because of rotation issues—at the midseason classic at Citi Field in New York.

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Catcher: Yadier Molina, Cardinals

Reserves: Buster Posey, Giants. Evan Gattis, Braves

Molina has been the N.L. MVP to this point, Posey has been his typical exceptional self and Gattis has become a bit of a folk hero in Atlanta. Tough to leave off Martin, with his immense contributions to Pittsburgh’s outstanding pitching staff.

Just missed: Russell Martin, Pirates

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First base: Paul Goldschmidt, Diamondbacks

Reserve: Joey Votto, Reds

Both Goldschmidt and Votto are having outstanding seasons; it’s basically a coin flip to see which one is the starter and which is the backup. Craig, who is third in the N.L. with 58 RBIs, is the toughest leave-off of a solid second-tier of first basemen.

This is just a stellar group of second basemen. Carpenter has a .403 on-base percentage, Scutaro has a .330 batting average and Phillips—batting behind OBP monsters Shin-Soo Choo and Joey Votto—has 60 RBIs.

Just missed: Jedd Gyrko, Padres.

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Shortstop: Troy Tulowitzki, Rockies

Reserves: Jean Segura, Brewers . Everth Cabrera, Padres

Tulowitzki is injured and won’t play in the All-Star Game, but that’s not a factor for this list; he’s a top-three N.L. MVP candidate. Segura (.336 average, 23 stolen bases) and Cabrera (.305, 31 steals) have been outstanding, too.

With or without the support of New York’s resident cougars, Wright is the correct choice to start at third base for the N.L. Alvarez’s average (.237) is still showing the residue of an awful April, but he’s tied for second in the league with his 19 homers.

The crop of potential A.L. outfielders is pretty weak, but this group of N.L. outfielders is rock solid; several “deserving” players are going to get a few days of unwanted rest instead of a trip to New York. That might be the biggest detriment to Puig’s candidacy, but he’s done enough in his short time (.442/.476/.753, seven homers) to warrant a selection.

Mets ace Matt Harvey gets the nod as the N.L.’s starting pitcher, and it has little to do with the fact that this game is at his home park. He leads the top four contenders (Kershaw, Wainwright, Lee) in K/9, ERA and FIP. Choosing this rest of this pitching staff is a nearly impossible task because so many players are having great seasons, and because the lone reps from the Cubs (Samardzija) and Marlins (Fernandez) almost have to be pitchers.